An Investigation of Reading Achievement as an Affective Determinant in the Perception of Verbal and Non-verbal Symbols

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Page 17Attention has been given to the dynamics of the situation as well as its physical
characteristics, but the capacity of the organism for individual responses has not
been taken into consideration. The advocates of the "New Look" accepted the ...

Page 18The analytical type of investigation divorced itself entirely from the organism and
concentrated upon the functioning of the individual stimulus or response
mechanism; the second type of investigation concerned itself with the integration
of ...

Page 20"Perception, then, is seen at a compromise between what the organism is given
to see — excitation induced by the stimulus — and what the organism is set to
see or wants to see or, even, what the organism wants Q to avoid seeing.